Wiscasset Community Notes Big Rummage Sale Planned
The Woman's auxiliary of St. Philip's church prepares for the seventeenth semi annual rummage sale in the parish house on Tuesday Oct 24 from 12 to 5. The report covers local visits, club meetings, church events, a hospital note on George Grover and Samuel Harvey, town officials, and upcoming court sessions.
October 20 1894 Bath residents and visitors noted in town
Seth Hobart and wife of Bath were in town last Thursday. E. B. Carr arrived from Minneapolis after his sister’s sudden death. Mrs Williamson, widow of Edward Williamson, died Monday. Miss Ruth Carr died of heart disease at her Federal Street home. Local moves include Mrs Hannah Young, Mr Young, and H. D. Sidelinger. Several visitors arrive including Warren Grover and guests from Portland and Boston hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grover
Bath City Hospital
Bath Road
Charles E. Titus
Wiscasset Fire Society
Webber's Tavern
Leon G. Flood
Flood
Samuel M. Harvey
Middle Street
Ernest G. Spinney
Greenlawn
Old Files
Sheepscot Echo
Seth Hobart
Bath
Joseph Black
Budd
L. W. Gibbs
Hannah Young
Dr. Brown
High Street
Dr. Kennedy
Mr. Young
Bailey House
Echo Office
Williamson
Edward Williamson
David Munsey
Thomas Insmore
Branch Mills
O. Fuller
Damariscotta
Mrs. Sidelinger
Mr. Fuller
Messers Frank A Magee
Magee Furnace Co
Boston
Wenham
Mass
John K. Hodgdon
Thos. A. Addison
Chelsea
Hilton House
H. D. Sidelinger
Wiscasset
James M. Blinn
Main
Fort Hill
Ruth Carr
Miss Carr Dies After Short Illness At Local Homestead
The article notes Miss Carr died suddenly after two weeks of illness at the old homestead where sheHad lived with Miss E. Carr who enjoys a large circle of friends. Harbor notes list vessels and freight: Mavoo Shen with 262 tons of steel rails at W and Q wharf, Collins Hawes schooner, Sheepscot, Lawrence Haines arrivals, and coal being unloaded for Eastern Steamboat Co. at Ingalls wharf. Piles nearly driven for Erskine wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Carr
Misses Carr
8. E. Carr
Mavooshen
Collins Hawes
Sheepscot
Lawrence Haines
Eastern Steamboat Co
Ingall's Wharf
Erskine Wharf
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Highlights Local Happenings
Erastus Lewis visits Augusta and Miss Gladys Crossman returns from South Gardiner. Repairs at Wawenock block, mournful draping at Odd Fellow hall for Hawes Campbell, and a Portland Musical Festival trip. Birna P. Pendleton sails to New York. oxen prizes at Damariscotta fair. Old Stone House renovations underway. juror panels named for Oct. 27 court.
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Wiscasset
Sheepscot Echo
Erastus Lewis
Augusta
Gladys Crossman
South Gardiner
Wawenock Block
Geo. McPhee
Wilbur Cowley
Dorothy Kellum
Frank A. Berry
Medford
Mass
Hall
Hawes Campbell
Portland
Marion Dodge
Bath
B. E. DeLong
Houston
Mary Cowley
Leeds
Ada B. MacMahan
Boston
C. E. Emerson
Mary
Ida M. West
Gray
Sheepscot
Birna P. Pendleton
Hutchinson
Railroad Wharf
New York
Harry E. Bailey
Lincoln County Fair
Damariscotta
al Groves
Stone House
Abijah Dickinson
George B. Drake
Addison McKenney
Willard D. Boudin
William Colby
John F. Wright
Birth certificate delay delays Bath prison transfer for Mrs Stuart
Mrs Stuart faces transfer to the Woman's Reformatory as Justice Manser weighs age with Hartford birth records destroyed by fire. Deputy Warden Hopkins notes she is the only woman prisoner in the state prison at Bath. Attorneys clash over custody and official opinion, while Mrs Stuart appears cheerful and confident about the petition's outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Hopkins
State Prison
Stuart
Bath
Justice Manser
Times
Hartford
Franklin Fisher
Lewiston
William H. Stuart
Court House
Reformatory
Judge Manser Opens Court Amid Busy Divorce Docket
Judge Manser opened court to a large turnout of attorneys including Ernest Goodspeed and several Bath, Brunswick, and area lawyers. The session focused on divorce cases with two contested matters on the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Goodspeed
Gardiner
John J. Keegan
John E. Fitzgerald
Edward W. Bridgham
Gardiner R. Deering
Ralph O. Dale
Charles O. Bartlett
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath
Carey
Ellis L. Aldrich
Topsham
Leon L. Spinney
Joseph Aldred
Joseph H. Rousseau
Brunswick
Louis Jack
Lisbon Falls
Abraham Breitbard
Portland
F. Murray Farnham
Lewiston
Justice Manser
Wedding of Miss Gertrude Hubbard and Paul Hurlburt in Wiscasset
Miss Gertrude Hubbard and Paul Sutherland Hurlburt wed at the First Congregational church in Wiscasset with Rev. Bassett and Rev. Spinney officiating. The ceremony featured green firs and autumn leaves, candlelight, baby calla lilies, and a double ring service. The bride wore white transparent velvet with a long train and a velvet turban, with Miss Thomas Campbell as matron of honor and Haywood Kelly as best man. A reception followed at Miss Hubbard’s aunt’s home. the couple then left for a motor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Taylor Hubbard
Joseph Edwards Hubbard
Somerville
Mass
Wiscasset
Paul Sutherland Hurlburt
A. W. Hurlburt
Andover
Potter Place
N. H
First Congregational Church
Elton K. Bassett
Boothbay Harbor
Ernest G. Spinney
Mary Hobson
Miss Hubbard
Thomas H. Campbell
Murray Hill
N. J
Haywood Kelly
Winterport
Edgar Best
Krull S. Buell
Belmont
Spencer Hurlburt
Cambridge
George Makechnie
Everett
Dudley A. Smith
Lexington
Homer Wadman
Alice D. Taylor
Hodge Street
Miss Taylor
Hurlburt
Sargent School
Boston
Manlius Military School
University
Pine Tree Troop Girl Scouts Meet Friday
Pine Tree troop No. 1 of the Girl Scouts of America held a regular meeting in American Legion hall with 37 active members. Captain Amber F. Carr, denied for larger numbers, urged leadership for a new troop while the group planned flag studies, hikes, nature work, and community service.
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Pine Tree
Girl Scouts of America
American Legion Hall
Amber F. Carr
Carr
Girl Scouts
Pine Tree Troop
Rachel Scott
Alice Coleman
Annie King
Brunswick Girl Scouts
Brunswick
Bath Scouts
West Bath Social Roundup and Community Notes
West Bath locals host N. D. club gathering at Sabine cottage. Residents visit, travel, and recover from health issues while Topsham Fair activities and West Bath grange events fill the week, including a Halloween dance and road work updates.
West Bath Grangers to Present Program at Topsham Grange
West Bath Grange will present a program in Topsham Grange Hall on Saturday evening. Attendance reached 152 with 40 visitors. Merriconeag Grange of Harpswell and Topsham Grange were well represented. Plans discussed include a Halloween dance on Oct 26 and the November annual fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
the Grange
Davids. Henderson
James C. Farmer
South Sudbury
N. H
Sagadahoc Pomona
Dirigo Grange
Brunswick
Bernice M. Carr
Ruth Field
David S. Henderson
Albert Henderson
the Grange Monthly
Emma G. Brown
Leland S. Plummer
George Stetson
Edwin W. Haggett
Sidney Holbrook
Dorothy
Topsham Grange
Woolwich Settles Tuition With Bath For Previous Year
Woolwich paid the Bath school district nearly 3000 to cover last year’s tuitions. The town contributed 2270 for the past academic year and Georgetown and Phippsburg paid 560 for high school tuitions, totaling 2830. Woolwich paid the amount last Thursday and teachers will be paid Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Clinton D. Wilson
Woolwich
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Board of Education
Bath
State Convention Report Delivered and Club Activities
Sewing for the Needle Work Guild of America was completed for city use. Mrs. Carl C. Anderson said the Summer Round-up succeeded under supervision by Mrs. Ruth Henry, Red Cross nurse. Adolescent study group meets Nov 2. pre school group chaired by Mrs Clinton D Wilson meets Nov 9. National Honor society card party set for Nov 7 at the parish house. North Center P T A members to assist. Next meeting Nov 7 with expected large attendance. Hostesses for Tuesday were Mrs Dwight Pierce and Mrs John Fitzgerald.
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St. Philip’s Church
Robert Sewall
Small Son
Charles Sewall
Jesse
Browning Metcalf
Damar
Margaret Alexander
Shirley White
Waynfleet School
Portland
Parker
Marean
Cambridge
Wolcott Andress
Whorniere
Thornbere
Helena Co Mabotiny
Boston
Sprucewell
Beaty
Mt Martone
Eisai
Waseda Et Wonni’s Club
Pachel Hodadon
Tie Uh
Elizabeth Webb
Giact Sewall
Chara Wright
Beulah Spanter
Grace Albee
Grae Kinight
Charles Legrow
Carrie Knught
Sunie Day
Ethie Tevine
Edith Grienleat
Ediny Timitehins
Rose Baker
Annie Macurda
Angie Runes
Orrace Pease
Verne Brien
Whey Hobson
Charloute Whitun
Vivian Dunn
Siri
Carolyn Varney
Deporter, Trust Co
Anguata ‘Trust Co
Old Trust Co
Herman S. Fowles
South Windlind
Ella G. Fowles
Bie J. Poole
Federal Street
Bradford CO Berlonnett Esq
First Congregational Church
Ernest G. Spinney
Redennnett
Fred B. Dunn
Charle
Litus
Fowles
Rockport
Alvin W. Keirstead
Carroll T. Berry
Georgiana Lilly
Charles N. Sigison
Miss Pinkham
North Edgecomb
Walter Leavitt
Winona
Ruth
Harold Leavitt
Farmington Falls
Joseph Neal
Josephine Tucker
Lewiston
James EB. White
Turner White
Wilbur I Merrill
Freeman D. Southard
Hooper Street
Orvis Anes
Bath
Oscar Main House
Neal Cremer
C.S. Whitton
Frank A. Creamer
Needle Work Guild of America
Carl C. Anderson
Ruth Henry
Red Cross
Clinton D. Wilson
North Center P. T. A
Dwight Pierce
John Fitzgerald
South End P T A Plans Supper and Program
The South End Parent Teacher Association met with 22 attendees at Washington street rooms. It approved a supper and program for Tuesday night October 31 to entertain South End teachers. Mrs Carrol Deering chairs the supper committee and Mrs Edward Cummings leads the program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End P. T. A
Washington Street
South End
Carrol Deering
Association
Edward Cummings
Plan for Sale at Dike School P T A Rummage and supper
Dike School P T A holds a Tuesday session naming assistants for a Thursday November 2 sale at two o clock. A baked bean supper from 5 30 to seven drew about 100 participants with a cards evening following. Sheriff Albert Henderson will lead a Bath hunting party to the Northern Maine woods October 29 with Charles Henderson Judge John J Keegan and others. Beverly Anne, an eight pound daughter, was born Saturday night to Mr and Mrs Harry B White of Dummer Street Court.
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Garrison Hill
O. B.S
Masonic Hall
Ethel Hilton
Skowhegan
Dike
Summer Street
Fred Hoffman
Leroy Lord
Alfred Buckman
Daniel Perry
Elmer Sidelinger
Fred Reinhold
William Fogwill
Chester Worrey
E. Mason Wright
Clifford Wilband
John Conley
Harold Miller
Albert Henderson
Bath
Maine Woods
Charles Henderson
John J. Keegan
Harry F. Morin
David Henderson
Everett Neal
Bernard Hendersson
Maine
Lac Frontiere
Churchill Lake
Beverly Anne
Harry B. White
Dummer Street Court
Woolwich Notes and Local Gatherings Highlight Weekend
Capt Frank Walker of Marblehead visited in Woolwich while Nequasset Farm Bureau to hold first public supper at Montsweag grange hall on Nov 7. Day's Ferry community club hosted a well attended supper and several Woolwich residents visited relatives in Boston. A Congregational parish supper is planned at the Bailey home with serving at 6 30 PM. A union church meeting occurred at Day's Ferry Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Walker
Marblehead
Mass
John G. Reed
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Montsweag Grange Hall
Community Club of
Day’s Ferry
Community Hall
Irvin Miller
Louise Miller
Day's Ferry
Boston
Woolwich
Frank R. Bailey
Marcia Stinson
Maude Paquet
Fred Carlton
C. P. Hall
E. V. Reed
Millicent
Joseph Costello Hetch
Cadillac Mountain
Congregational Church
Alex Munsey Improves After Week of Illness
South Dresden residents report Alex Munsey's health improving after a week of sickness. Friends extend best wishes for a speedy recovery. Various local appearances include Bert Siegars returning from Auburn visit and Mrs. Freeman Rowe visiting Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Munsey
Bert Siegars
Mabel Stevens
Charles Whitehouse
Auburn
Freeman Rowe
Bath
Leland Siegars
Lester Munsey
Pittsfield
Mass
Munsey
Albert Hodgdon
Gardiner
Joseph Burgen
Fred Ricker
Frank McCobb
Joseph Siegars
Togus
Prominent Educator Calls Bath Rotary on Junior College
Principal Milton D. Proctor of Westbrook Junior College spoke at Bath Rotary luncheon in Hotel Phoenix. He traced Westbrook School history, argued for Maine junior colleges, and outlined benefits for nontraditional students to earn degrees near home. Rotarians T. E. Kellar and W. F. Hopkins attended. Event also noted minister's reception at Winter Street Church on Nov 1, hosted by the Ladies Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Proctor
Westbrook
New England
California
Texas
T. E. Kellar
Boston
W. F. Hopkins
Falmouth
Mass
Winter Street
Joseph Q. Purdue
Ladies Aid of
Charles E. Plaisted
Charles C. Low
Gediman Family Trip Stops in New England
Mrs. Benjamin Gediman returned Tuesday from Fall River Massachusetts and Mr Gediman with his son Julius and two daughters Emily and Isabel returned from Brookline Massachusetts where they spent a week Mrs Gediman visited her son Mark Gediman while the others stayed with relatives in Brookline
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Gediman
Fall River
Mass
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